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South Korean mother given VR reunion with deceased daughter
Wearing VR goggles, a South Korean mum bursts into tears as her 7-year-old daughter emerges in a park, her playground until she died three years ago. Read more…
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More companies turning to virtual reality for training employees
More and more companies are using virtual reality technology for workplace learning, and the results are surprising. Read more…
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Virtual reality helping make cows happy and more productive
Prototype virtual reality glasses recently tested on a farm in the Moscow Region to improve cow conditions with the aim of making them more productive. Read more…
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The mixed reality market is about to skyrocket – apparently
Forget Virtual and Augmented Reality, we should be thinking Mixed Reality. This is according to Juniper Research that doesn’t seem sure what ‘real’ is. Read more…
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Is now the time for VR to take centre stage?
2018 was a pretty ordinary year for virtual reality (VR). It was having one of those troughs of despondency. Things, however, are changing. Read more…
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It must be virtually time for Virtual Reality to get real
While Virtual and Augmented Reality might have spent a while in the depths of disillusionment maybe the next year will see them on the way to the plateau of enlightment. Read more…
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GSMA launches forum to unify AR/VR development for 5G
The GSMA announced the launch of a new industry-wide initiative that will focus on the development of cloud-based virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) technology in a bid to to combat market fragmentation. The Read more…
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2025 is the 5G tipping point, and media will do the tipping
ITEM: The year 2025 will be the tipping point for 5G, and you’ll have media companies to thank for that. Or perhaps the other way around, as 5G will help media and entertainment companies generate Read more…
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5G WIRE: Users blissfully unaware of 5G; VR penalty kicks; etc
5G action this day: US consumer survey says: “5G? What 5G?”; Nokia and du play VR football to demo 5G; SK Telecom makes a 5G NSA call US consumer survey says: “5G? What 5G?” US Read more…
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Friday Futures: AI supremacy, robot brothels, saving Chewbacca
Welcome to Friday Futures, our weekly guide to the latest visions of The Future from around the web. This week: how the US will defeat itself in the AI race; BlackBerry saves Earth from quantum Read more…